The Irish standard., 1887-09-10
CATHOLIC NEWS.
Religious Notes.

lie churches.
Rev, Il. j. Durward has been changed
from Seneca to BarabOo.
In population Of 100000. Buffalo
hasa population Of 80, 900 Catholics
Rev. j. f. Halbenkaun, Of Pine Bluff
Wis, has been changed to Seymour.
The Academy of the Sacred Heart
Chicago, resumed studies last Tuesday
Rev. M. Luby has been transferred
from Doylestown, Wis, to Kendall
town.
Sunday, August %, was the feast OF
that great doctor Of the Church, st.
Augustine.
Bishop J. O'Connor, of Omaha, was
in Chicago last week, Oh his way home
from The East
The jubilee collection for the Holy
Father at st. Johns Cathedral, Mil
waukee, amounted to $40.
Rev. D. Savage, Of Montgomery, Ala,
has Joined the Trappist Fathers at New
Mount, near Dubuque, iowa.
The SUM of $1,000 was netted by the
recent fair at the Church OF the I'm
maculate Conception, Milwaukee.
The Catholic church at St. Edward,
Neb, was struck by lightning the other
day, and lot of carpenters st wcrk on
the building were more or less shocked
Father Burke said that Irish was the
only tongue the deyi! never could un-
derstand, and that it was q puzzle how,
thus ignorant, he succeeded in tempt
ing Eve.
Rev. II. Reinhart, the newly y-ap-
pointed prOcurator Of ST. Francis Sem
jnarv. Milwaukee, has arrived in that
CITY from La Crosse, where has been
for the past year.
Catholic parochial schools have been
in full operation for the last month IN
California, and the vast majorlty OF the
schools III the east and west opened the
first Monday in September.
On Wednesday, August II, the Ven
erable Peter Richard Kenrick, Arch
bishop Of St. Louis, entered upon hls
s2d wear. having been born in the city
of Dublin, ireland, August II, lSO6.
One DIR. Shannon said to Father
Burke, sAfter all / would rather be
priest than a DOCTOR ''Tbat is be
cause you would find it ersier to preach
than to practice returned Father
Burke.
Father Burke conducted the Prince
Of wales through the t5atacombs.
When asked what comments His Royal
Hiehness had made--What iae said--the
good Father replied that the Prince had
said ''AW?'
Father RiorGan, Of Castle Garden
the other day received enyoung clergy
men Who We're on their way to Bishop
Ireland Of St. Paul They We're stu
dents at the University Of IAouvane,
Belgium, where the Rev. j. j. Lawler
found them during bis travels.
The Milwaukee county c. L. a.
Union, at q recent meeting. decided to
take some appropriate action OH tue &C.
casion of Father Donahoe's iftieth an
niyeysary. Father Donahoe was presi~
dent of the first local G. T. ~. Society
OF Milwaukee, and a few Of the old
members are still in its ranks. The
matter is in charge Of q committee
The German government has given
to Catholics for evapgelization large
territory stretching from the east ATr1-
can coast to KilimanjaTo, and almost
conterminous with the territory OF the
German East African company, Ac-
cording to the practice of the German
government in allowing the ministers
Of only one religion in the same colony,
the Catholics will have this country tor
their work exclusively.
IN Norway, before 1916, Catholic
priests were forbidden in the country
under pain Of death. Twenty years
ago there were only l3o Catholics; now
there are over 500, with twenty priests
while Sisters of Charity have the man
agement Of two hospitals and eight
schools. The sparseness Of the popula-
tion aud the great distances which sep
arate one town from another are, OF
course, unfavorable conditions tor the
propagation of religion in Ultima
Thule. j
Some very necessary improvements
are being made in and around st. Johns
Cathedral, Milwaukee, such as the
painting Of the pews, remodeling the
vestibule, the lowering OF the alter raj
building new stone steps and the beau
tifying of the little chapel, all of which
will cost nearly $4,000. A reunion Of
the members Of the parish will be held
at the Light Horse Squadron Armory